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one of the hardest things to learn as a depressed former Gifted Kid™ is that half-assed is better than nothing. take the 50%, 40%, even 20% job. scrubbing your face is better than not taking a shower at all. picking up your clothes is better than never cleaning. nibbling on some bread is better than starving.

DO THINGS HALFWAY. NOW YOU’RE 100% BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE BEFORE.

redheadhatchet

One of my college professors used to say “anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.” I didn’t understand that for years because I didn’t do anything poorly, I couldn’t do anything poorly, I had to Do Everything Perfectly.

But brushing your teeth for 30 seconds is better than not brushing them at all when that 2 minutes seems exhausting. Doing ten minutes of yoga is better than 10 minutes of sitting when 30 minutes of cardio sounds impossible. Changing my clothes is good when a whole shower is impossible. Standing on the porch for a few minutes is worth it after being in the house for three straight days because I don’t have the energy to go anywhere.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly… because doing it poorly is better than not doing it.

resetium

someone please hit me over the head with this post every day for like the next week thanks. a mention, a reblog with text, a message, something.

EVERYONE!!! WATCH THIS NOW IF YOU USE GOOGLE DOCS!!!!

justgaara

Gaara Week 2023

Hosted by @justgaara !

Hello! And welcome to what will be the ninth year of Gaara Week! A Gaara focused weekly challenge leading up to his birthday! This weekly challenge will start on the 12th of January and run until Gaara’s Birthday on the 19th of January.

Feel free to draw, write, make, cosplay, sing, dance, take screenshots, make gifs, whatever you want! As long as it has something to do with each separate day’s theme, and you create it yourself.

The year 2023′s themes:

12th January - DAY 1 - Opening

13th January - DAY 2 - Ruins

14th January - DAY 3 - Magnetic

15th January - DAY 4 - Solitude

16th January - DAY 5 - Holiday

17th January - DAY 6 - Opposites

18th January - DAY 7 - Ending

19th January - DAY 8 - Gaara’s Birthday!

Tag all your contributions with #gaaraweek and #gaaraweek2023! Make sure they’re in the first 5 tags listed otherwise they may not show up! You can also submit your creations to @justgaara or message me directly.

If you’re busy and don’t have time to join in everyday, then you’re welcome to pick out your favourites and just do a few. I will be following the tags all January, so if you don’t make it in time for this exact week, you are still able to complete the challenge in your own time. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me over at @justgaara.

You are free to create whatever you want with each day’s theme, just know that @justgaara is strictly Gaara only, so if you make something that contains anyone else besides Gaara and his immediate family I won’t be able to share it on my blog.

Know that hate or negativity of any kind will not be tolerated.

Thank you and have fun!

DO YOUR PART! SHARE THIS POST WITH A REBLOG! IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE GAARA’S BIRTHDAY!

justgaara

Join the Worldwide Character Popularity Vote to celebrate the NARUTO anime's 20th anniversary! Who will top the ranking to become the world's #1 ninja?

GO AND VOTE FOR OUR BOY GAARA RIGHT NOOOOOWWWW!!!

And every day after that until the poll ends! Go, go, go!

justgaara

THIS IS NOT A DRILL. I REPEAT, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

This popularity poll is official and the first taking worldwide votes!

You can vote once every day, click the source link at the bottom of this post to head over and vote.

I am calling out to all 13,000+ of you Gaara fans to vote for our boy every day!

Let’s get him his own short manga!

aquaristlifeforme

yourbrothershotfriend

REBLOG THE CHRISTMAS OTTER IN 10 SECONDS FOR BOUNTIFUL GIFTS AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS

mellehbeans

I would have reblogged this without the hope of bountiful gifts and a merry christmas

dduane

Same. :)

feministism

drankinwatahmelin

4. If the car pulls up to you run in the opposite direction.

5. Walk with your keys in your hands and keep a key between each finger

6. If they put you in the trunk kick out the headlights

7. If you get lost find a woman with a child. Never ask a man for help (this one was drilled)

bando--grand-scamyon

That scream fire piece of advice is literally life saving

8. Watch your shadows and reflections, especially if someone is walking behind you. A split second notice is better than none and will help you.

gaylittlepieceofsh1t

Yes this last one really saves lives y'all I do it all the time

uncleromeo

girls have to learn to view the world like international intelligence agents just to be safe walking down the street. smh.

twilightt-fantasy

guys pls pls pls reblog and girls pls pls pls be safe out there. terrifying and so sad that we have to worry about this on a daily basis

guiltyidealist

(I’m an enby, but, frankly, this is helpful for anyone.)

cryptidinks

- always tell someone where youre at and an approx time when youll be back

witcheshaven

Add text replacement words in your phone if possible. Something short and memorable that you can send quickly to people in moments of emergencies.

E.g.

whatchagonnadoabooouuutttit

I f ing hate that we need to reblog this, people suck, but this will save lives.

DO NOT SCROLL PAST

anonymousmothman

Being female fucking sucks but yes this shit is important for everyone

fighting-the-urge-at-home-depot

Also I was taught in kindergarten that if someone threatens you with a gun don’t fear getting shot just run or tell them to do it because whatever they plan on doing will be much worse…

saucy-sapphic-wench-deactivated

all amazing advice, but on the keys between your fingers one,

don’t do that!!!

don’t put your keys between each finger:

if you hit someone with them, it will bend back and hurt your knuckles

you need to be facing an attacker in order to hit them, so if someone attacks you from behind you won’t have the upper hand

it isn’t sturdy, so if you punch someone, it will move (it will hurt, but it’s not ideal)

instead, hold your longest key in your fist like this (it’s just a quick sketch, hope it gets the point across) (sorry if i described it badly, can anyone else describe it better for the blind peeps?)

if you hold it this way

it’s sturdier, meaning it will do more damage, and won’t bend back, hurting you

and you can hit an attacker from any direction, even if they come from behind

PLEASE REBLOG!

babypinkbeskar-deactivated20220

stay safe <3

figs-and-cigs

Something I want to discuss regarding consent.

In BDSM is very normal to discuss kinks, soft and hard limits before engaging in a kink relationship. It's also normal to discuss all aspects and plans for a scene (sexual or not) before going through with it. I am very much of the opinion that this should occur within vanilla relationships and sex as well.

One of the most important lessons I learned early on in joining the community was that -

1. You can ALWAYS revoke consent

2. You cannot give more consent.

The second point isn't talked about as much and was initially confusing. What do you mean I can't give "more"? As my mentor puts it, "if it wasn't discussed before hand, it's not going to happen. Even if you beg for it."

The reason for this is, once the scene/sex begins our state of mind changes. We talk a lot about sub and dom space. When in an intimate or intense situation our headspace is going to change - and for the sub especially we are vulnerable.

I think most women can relate to scenarios where they ended up in a position where they felt coerced to do something they later realized they weren't comfortable with. What started as heavy petting turned into sex - even though it wasn't something they originally intended to do. Mid piv their partner asks for anal, and they agree in the moment because they want to make their partner happy - even though it's not something they enjoy. A partner starts dirty talk or degrading them mid sex, and while uncomfortable with it they go along with it anyway.

In a very vulnerable state, like subspace, it's easy to be taken advantage of. Wanting to please your Dom/partner it's easy to go along with something you normally wouldn't be comfortable with - and not think about the long term consequences. It's coercion, it's violating consent, and it's taking advantage of someone who's not in a SSC headspace. And most don't realize this, especially since they often do ask for consent mid-scene.

One example I've encountered - During an impact scene he asked if he could pull my hair. We didn't discuss it before hand, we didn't go over my health history of having neck problems. But I was already in subspace. He could have asked me to do jumping jacks and I would have agreed.

When vetting a potential partner he said he doesn't like in depth scene planning. He likes going with the flow of what feels right between him and his partner. I agree to an extent - my husband and I have been together for a long time. Our communication is great, we know each other's kinks and limits really well. It's easy to go with the flow and implement newish things. We read each other very well and we're not afraid to disappoint each other - especially when we're past the point of trying to impress each other. But with a new partner? Nope nope nope. If we didn't discuss it first it's not going to happen - and if you ask mid-scene I'll end the scene.

So always vet your partners. Discuss what you're going to do before getting into a vulnerable state, and remember

1. you can always revoke consent - but

2. you cannot give more once a scene/sexual activity has started.

Stay safe and protect your boundaries.

thegoblinmarketofficial

The Kelpie by Emma Weakley

DeviantArt: http://porceliandoll.deviantart.com/

Tumblr: http://theninjazebra.tumblr.com

In mythology, the kelpie is described as a strong and powerful horse. It is a white and sky blue colour and appeared as a lost pony, but could be identified by its constantly dripping mane. Its mane and tail are a bit curly. Its skin was said to be like that of a seal, smooth but as cold as death when touched. Kelpies were said to transform into beautiful women to lure men into their traps. They created illusions to keep themselves hidden, keeping only their eyes above water to scout the surface. The fable of the kelpie varies by region. The Kelpie’s mane is said to be a sky blue colour. The water horse is a common form of the kelpie, said to lure humans into the water to drown them. The water horse would encourage people to ride on its back, and once its victims fell into its trap, the water horse’s skin would become adhesive and the horse would bear the victim into the river, dragging them to the bottom of the water and devouring them—except the heart or liver. A common Scottish tale is the story of nine children lured onto a kelpie’s back, while a tenth kept his distance. The kelpie chased the tenth child, but he escaped. Another more gruesome variation on this tale is that the tenth child simply stroked the kelpie’s nose but, when his hand stuck to it, he took a knife from his pocket and cut his own hand off, cauterizing it with wood from a nearby fire.

josilverdragon

Just wanted to give people a heads-up.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/xfcjvq/problems_with_fanfictionnet

Comment link: https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/xfcjvq/problems_with_fanfictionnet/iom2adc

As a writer, I think it is very important to share herbal knowledge when it comes to authenticity for any fictional world. Here are a few herbs that will cause a miscarriage if anyone is writing a book or story set in the 1950s or later when a woman needed to use herbs for an early term abortion. I found this on a Facebook post on a pregnancy thread.

Help all of your fellow writers by posting this. Everyone should know the old knowledge of herbs. 😀

❤️ Senpai Star

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Good ol penny royal tea will destroy your liver, please don't drink it. However it's also important to know that a strongly infused oil should not be rubbed on the pelvic area as it may, with repeated use, cause loss of pregnancy

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Cotton root bark, this one should never be drunk as a tea, it has a long history of being problematic during early pregnancy. It also has a capacity to thin blood so women who accidentally ingest this will need to counter this with something like shepherds purse or vit K

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Black cohosh, blue cohosh, & angelic root should absolutely never be taken during pregnancy especially alongside one another. These three have the capacity to disrupt hormone development & will typically cause bleeding to begin in just a handful of days in very early pregnancy

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Queen Anne's lace should be avoided by anyone who's attempting to conceive, she has a tendency to make the uterine wall slippery & prevents the precious egg from implanting. It's also important to know that during pregnancy if the egg can't implant the pregnancy won't continue

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Mugwort should also be avoided as small amounts consumed in early stage pregnancy may cause uterine contractions, it's also worth noting that infused body oils may have the same effect albeit a bit safer for the liver

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Rue, while not a commonly used herb, is showing up more in tea blends. This one can also be really problematic during pregnancy so much so that women for thousands of years have known to avoid it during pregnancy

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Parsley, while safe in food level amounts, should be avoided in large quantities such as broths as it may cause spontaneous loss of pregnancy. Especially if the person happens to be taking larger doses of vitamin C which can also endanger an early pregnancy

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These are just a handful of herbs that may disrupt hormones, cause uterine contractions, & that should be avoided by anyone wanting to keep a pregnancy viable

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Keep learning about these & other herbs you may have access to that cause these situations

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I mean how else will we avoid accidental miscarriages?

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You're smart enough to do this too😉

nightingaleflow

GAARA + FLUFF = AJDNAMAKA. Could you write something about gaara (Boruto era) walking in while his S/O is comforting shinki (precious boy) after a nightmare and she is like humming while rocking him in her arms. Plssss im melting

Thank you for waiting so patiently for this, nonnie. <3 I still haven't gotten to Shinki's introduction in Boruto, but I didn't want to wait for this sweet request any longer.

I hope I did him justice for you.

Warnings: Themes of abandonment, nightmares, fluff.

~~~

You woke with a start. You sat up, blinking the sleep from your eyes as you tried to make sense of your surroundings.

And then you heard it. A wailing sound coming from the next room.

You didn’t think. You just moved, racing from your bedroom to the room next door. As you opened the door, you were greeted by the sight of Shinki, curled tight around himself on the bed as he whimpered. Black sand swirled dangerously around him. You steeled yourself, then stepped forward, ignoring the stinging as the grains cut into you.

You picked Shinki up from the mattress and cradled him in your arms. He let out a noise of protest at the movement. Then his eyes opened. Immediately, the black sand fell into piles on the floor. “I’m sorry!” he said frantically, his eyes filling with tears. “I didn’t mean it, I’m sorry!”

“Sshhh,” you soothed, rocking him gently. “It’s all right. It’s over. You were just having a nightmare.”

He hesitated, then buried his face in your chest. “I’m sorry,” he choked.

“Whatever for?” you asked. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”

He sniffled as he tried to formulate his answer. “I still can’t control it,” he said. “And you got hurt.” His eyes screwed shut. “Are you going to send me away?”

“What?” you gasped. “No, never, Shinki.”

Tears flowed anew from Shinki’s eyes as he clung to your shirt. “In my dream, you didn’t want me anymore,” he said. “Lord Kazekage said I was a failure and not worthy to be part of his family.”

You squeezed him tightly. “That is not true, none of it,” you said. “We both want you here, and you are not a failure.” Your voice shook as you struggled to keep back tears of your own. “You are our son, and we love you.”

A spark of hope appeared in Shinki’s eyes, but it faded quickly, as if he didn’t dare let himself believe it.

“You know, my mother had a song she used to sing to me whenever I would have a nightmare,” you said. “May I sing it for you?”

Shinki nodded and shifted in your arms.

You adjusted your grip, then gently rocked him as you started to sing:

“The stars shine bright from the skies The sun has said all its goodbyes So rest your head and close your eyes And sleep until morning

I’ll keep you safe all through the night Let no nightmares within your sight And keep your dreams all so bright So sleep until morning”

Gradually, Shinki grew heavy in your arms as the vibrations from your chest soothed him. His head fell back and his breathing grew slower. A small smile appeared on his face as he slipped back into slumber.

You gave him one more kiss on his forehead, then carefully tucked him back into bed. As you pulled the blankets around him, you glanced at the door with a smile. “You can come in, you know,” you whispered.

The door pushed open, revealing Gaara. “I didn’t want to interrupt,” he said, matching your quiet tone.

“I wouldn’t have minded, and I’m sure Shinki wouldn’t either.”

“What happened?” Gaara asked as he walked to the other side of the bed.

“The little one had a nightmare,” you replied as you stroked Shinki’s head. “He dreamed that we didn’t want him around and that we were going to send him away.”

Sadness filled Gaara’s eyes. He sank down onto the mattress, looking defeated. “Shinki expressed as much during our training,” he said. “I thought I had assured him that wasn’t the case.”

You stood up and walked around the bed to Gaara. You pulled his back against your chest and wrapped your arms around him. “He’s just a child, and he’s been through a lot,” you said. “It’s going to take some time for him to feel truly safe here. All we can do is be here for him when he needs us.”

“I know,” Gaara said, leaning back against you. “I just can’t help but wish I could do better.” He reached out a hand and carefully ran his fingers through Shinki’s hair. His eyes widened as Shinki turned his head, nuzzling into Gaara’s palm.

You pressed your hands against your mouth, suppressing the squeak building in your throat. Gaara mirrored your movement with his other hand, not daring to even breathe.

Once you had yourself under control, you squeezed Gaara tightly. “See, you’re doing just fine.”

Tears began to form at the corners of his eyes as he smiled. “I guess you’re right,” he said.

“Aren’t I always?” you teased.

Gaara chuckled. “Thank you for being there for him tonight,” he said. “I’m sorry I was so late getting home.” His expression turned thoughtful. “I think tomorrow I’ll see about taking some time off to spend with him.”

“That’s a good idea,” you said. “And there’s no need to thank me. Shinki’s our son. I’ll always be there when he needs me.”

sunmoonandsandsoundtracks

i can't even. i'm so whipped for family comfort content with gaara and shinki. it's all i need in life. nothing else, just sand babies.

starthesenpai

I second this. Omg. Smol round BB Shinki is so cute!!! I need all the Shinki and Gaara family wholesomeness!!!!

izzyhill

camiekahle-deactivated20190815

THIS IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN

macncheese-blog

I’VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS

DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO ?????

pinkifingers

That last fatal scream tho

flawlessputaa-deactivated201610

THE TERROR IN HIS SCREAM OH GOSH

piss-pirate

chillyfeetsteak

i’m crying

smore-692-deactivated20170712

WAAA-

veritashopian

I will always reblog this on the off chance some other poor soul has been searching for it

molten-by-determination-deactiv

IT’S BACK

llibratin-deactivated20170617

HOYL SHIT ITS B A CK

ravens-main

If there comes a day that I don’t reblog this, assume I’m dead.

lum1natrix

I made the most unattractive giggle snort ever

everwizard

Guys what happened to Passerine??

It’s just??? Gone???

boygirlctommy

this pops up when you search for it??

sanctuarysusie

oh my god it got approved to add to someones collection and that person made the collection private, therefore removing passerine

maxile0-deactivated20220923

WHAT.

ethotv-archived

is this not a known thing anymore? please god if youre a fic writer DO NOT LET RANDOM PEOPLE ADD YOUR FIC TO A COLLECTION!!!!!

if you are a READER who enjoys bookmarking fics, you can put your BOOKMARKS in a collection, which can be privated without hiding any of the original works

hallsoffandom

ITS BACK BUT LISTEN TO THE PERSON ABOVE ME

ineffectualdemon

I will say you can also revoke permission and remove your fics from collections

kateawolf13

A good thing to remember. Check your collections, my friends.

kateawolf13

TO CHECK :

Go to your profile, click works, then click “works in collections”

If a work has be hidden, it will display like this :

Then, if you wanna remove a collecting, go to edit, scroll here, and click the x on the relevant one

xantissa

The same, hard same

ilsa-fireswan

Reminder to add BOOKMARKS to your collections.

lost-in-horrorland

I have lizard brain so how do I add bookmarks to collections?

starthesenpai

Re logging to save a friend's psychological life.

notlikingbestgirl

Out of Touch

hustlerose

Out of Touch Thursday

arbyscurlyfries666-deactivated2

OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY

snuv

but im out of my head when you’re not around…

marauders4evr

Abled Person: Hey man, can you hold this wad of $2,000 and this one penny for me while I open my wallet?

Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL!

The United States Government:

(Watch how many people don’t get this.)

marauders4evr

#raises hand #i dont understand #please explain?

In order for disabled people to receive any sort of financial assistant for their housing, food, bills, medical supplies, etc., they cannot ever have more than $2,000 of resources to their name. Ever.

It doesn’t matter what it’s for.

You’re saving up for a new wheelchair?

For college?

To put a downpayment on a house?

Hell man, you just happen to budget for once in your life so that you can have some extra money in case something bad happens?

Your benefits immediately get cut off if you’re a cent over $2,000.

And, even worse, you usually end up having to pay back every dollar the government gave you that month.

So say you get $400. If they find out you’re twenty dollars over the resource limit, you have to give them all $400 back and you undergo an investigation of your funds to see if you will continue getting money.

“What if I spend the money that day?”

Doesn’t matter. In fact, from what I can tell, people who do this are actually put under investigation for fraud.

And yes, this system literally kills people.

locuas642

Remember when “Guardians of the Galaxy” came out? one of Rocket Racoon’s creators, Bill Mantlo, suffered an accident in 1992 and has irreparable brain damage.

before the movie came out, Marvel gave him an exclusive preview screening. SOme people were upset because they felt if Marvel was really wanted to thank mantlo, they should have donated money to Mantlo’s family.

Bill Mantlo’s brother had to come out and explain: If Marvel gave them monetary aid, Bill Mantlo would lose his financial assistance.

rootbeergoddess

That’s so utterly depressing.

sushinfood

disgusting

beeskeepony

I have friends on welfare who won’t pick up a penny in the street because they’d risk the welfare they struggled to get for 10 years.

raenboow

oh look another fucked up thing in this world. let’s just add it to the list. number 63858b

luvtonique

My brother has been on California State SSI for autism for the last 10 years, and he absolutely has to (no joke, HAS TO) spend all 720 bucks of his SSI every month, because if he puts it in the bank he risks losing his SSI altogether.

Sometimes, at the end of the month, he has no idea what to do with his money because the whole month went by and he still has 400-ish bucks in his account, and he fucking panics because he doesn’t want to get anywhere near 2,000.

And here’s the funnest part of the story!

One day he did a huge commission on Second Life and wound up earning 1500 bucks off of it, and he told the guy to donate it 500 bucks at a time over 3 months. The guy didn’t want to, and just donated all 1500, which put my brother at 2,036 bucks.

The state IMMEDIATELY (I’m talking less than an hour) called him up to tell him over the phone that they were canceling his SSI, because they noticed he had gone over the 2,000 buck threshold. He had to tell them that someone had made a charitable donation to him and that this was not a common occurrence in any way shape or form, and upon not believing him, my mother had to call to talk to them as his legal caretaker and say basically the same thing until they called off the cancellation of his SSI money.

He also had to cancel his renter’s assistance because it put him to 1,062 a month, so if he went 30 days without spending any money they’d cancel his SSI altogether. Like, none of us in the family have any fucking clue why that regulation is in place and it’s the stupidest shit in human history.

Please, legal side of Tumblr, tell me what positive reasoning this law has?

sodomymcscurvylegs

Happy 4th of July everyone! This is what the “nation of opportunity” looks like.

xfirecorex

There’s something called an ABLE account that can help. If you are on SSI and were diagnosed as disabled before the age of 26 you can apply for an ABLE account that will allow you to save up to $99,000. More people need to know about this!

strawbebbynya

thank you so much for this information. i’m applying for an abled account right now

viostormcaller

THERES A WHAT

OH GOD BLESS THE SHIT OUTTA YOU YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FREAKED OUT OVER THIS I WAS

septic-dr-schneep

I’ve been looking into SSI; I had no idea about this!

perksofbeingdisabled

Read till the end for the important info

whatevercomestomymind

Reblog to literally save a disabled person’s life

im-the-punk-who

https://www.ablenrc.org/ Here’s the link to the National ABLE organization. It has information on how to apply for an account and lots of super useful info (like that you can apply for an ABLE account in a state you DON’T live in if that state’s program meets your needs better.

53stitches

Still can’t get over how colourful these guys are when they’re all together!

It’s been a while since I worked on any of these smaller, simpler patterns. But now that I’m getting back into the swing of things my fingers are itching. Let me know what you’d love to see next!

Find the patterns for these guys over at 53stitches.com for free!

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